In Alberta, Canada we have deregulation. Production, transmission and sales are 3 separate entities. You buy from whoever you want. Transmission and consumption are charged as separate items on the bill. Both charges have a fixed rate and a variable rate based on usage. The power bills have more than doubled. The sales people tell customers we can lock you in for 3 - 5 years because rates are going way up. The lock in ends up being higher than the regulated rate (This was kept for those who didn't sign up).
We could buy power and gas from a British company that didn't have any gas wells, pipelines, generators, or wires in Canada.
I see. Your philosophy is that we should not have ways of thinking and should not compare them to other ways of thinking. A sound philosophy for a non-thinker.:|
I think many comments are missing ATT's point. 1. They no longer want to install or maintain copper wire. They cannot compete with cell companies. 2. Put up a cell tower here and there. 3. Profit!!!!
You don't live in Canada you live out west.... Canada is located in southern Ontario.
Didn't you know? Since the economic downturn Canada has had to move to Saskatchewan to find a job. Some of it even overflowed into Alberta. The move started in the 1800's with the building of the CPR.
I'm not sure what you need. Corel Wordperfect Office used to be better at math writing than Word but I never used it for that. It has a 30 day free trial for the latest version. Last version I tried, v.9 about 8 years ago, was full of glitches.
Performance..."Not sure what Linux distro you have been using, but mine under KDE will kick Windows ASS."
KPatience and Open Office are examples of non-performance. They take forever to load. At work on a much older computer Office 2003 apps. open in a few seconds.
Obviously you have the kind of government you want or you don't have democracy. I would go for whoever can provide the best service for the best price, whether it is company A, company B, or government C. That is a real market in action. We would have very little in the way of utilities, transportation systems, or communication systems in North America if it weren't for government action. Companies are very eager to take over the profitable sectors once the startup costs are paid and so many people are using it we cannot do without.
This only works where there is one thing to choose on the ballot. It would take many hours to tally votes for many positions as I assume is done in the USA. I am custodian in a school that has been used for federal, provincial, and municipal elections. It takes a couple of hours after the polls close to hand count the 'choose one candidate' ballots and finsh the paperwork.
For the municipal election in Edmonton, where we vote for mayor, councillors, public or separate school trustees and any plebicite issues, I feel we have an excellent system. The ballot is paper and your choice is marked by filling a gap in a 1/8 inch wide arrow with a sharpie marker. The ballot is in a privacy sleeve and is immediately fed into a counting machine. The paper ballots are there for verification. After the polls close the machine provides immediate results for the election officials, scrutineers (candidate representatives), and the media - to be compiled at a central location for the official results. The ballots and the voting machine are handled by separate people and transported separately to reduce the likelihood of tampering.
I think it is a simple and elegant solution and it has been used for several elections here.
"Tough love" doesn't help for someone who doesn't remember. When simple day to day tasks need to be written down to be remembered how can one remember complicated steps that aren't obvious.
Wait till you reach that stage of life.:o)
After about 4 years of trial and error I can now remember how to set my watch. Forbid that I ever change brand or model of watch though. Lets see...
Abreviated version: Press the "mode" button over and over until numbers start flashing, press the "light" button until you get to the number you want to change, press the "12/24 hr" button to change the number. Make sure the set time is just past the current time. Keep resetting the seconds time to 0 by pressing the "12/24 hr" button to get approximately close to the right time. When it is close enough press the "mode" button and it's all done. Yea!
Compared to: Pull out the knob, turn it, push it in.
I wouldn't wear a digital watch either except I can't remember what the date or day of the week is. Thank God for modern technology. Just note that I am a "technological whiz" where I work.:P
The current hybrids use the electric motor for more efficient hard acceleration. The little gas motor is used for the long trip. I think some can be plugged in too.
In Alberta those "large supplies of drinking water" come mainly from the melting glaciers in the Rocky Mountains. The glaciers are disapearing at such a rate that soon our river flows will only be a fraction of that in the past. Oil companies are already being restricted as to source and amount of water they can use to extract oil because they are depriving communities and farms of adequate supply.
"The security and vulnerability lies in the end user."
The end user is the consumer. Consumers only worry about presentation. How the message or product gets there is up to the distributor or conveyor of the product. If the distribution or transportation is broken that's not the consumer's fault. Just make sure he/she gets it and it looks nice.
Isn't that what we are all taught in this consumer society?
Also we are taught that with computers "good enough" is the best you can get. Why complicate it with extra work to make things proper.
Health Care too. It is my understanding that the U.S. spends about the same per capita on public health care as Canada, plus a similar amount is spent on private health care. The difference is that in Canada everyone gets the benefit of the public system.
A lot of companies that are or have been affected by bad patents should get together and sue the patent office for a ridiculous sum (say 5 billion). Maybe it would get enough attention to effect some change. Then maybe I'm dreaming.
Get Real.
There are probably always twice as many jobs as sys admins who know what they are doing. If some small companies set up a server and they have a guy who knows how to move files in Windows Explorer they think he is a genius. They give him the job and he has to learn on his own, sometimes the hard way.
3Web has been around for a while. I don't know the details but I suspect that Canada Post's only involvement was as sales agent for the CDs. They probably made money on the deal while Cybersurf found out they couldn't afford to ramp up the service to meet the demand.
Slashdot Mirror
Logitech Harmony Remote - If you can remember how to use it.
I've read this before on Slashdot months or years ago. Dupe.
In Alberta, Canada we have deregulation. Production, transmission and sales are 3 separate entities. You buy from whoever you want. Transmission and consumption are charged as separate items on the bill. Both charges have a fixed rate and a variable rate based on usage. The power bills have more than doubled. The sales people tell customers we can lock you in for 3 - 5 years because rates are going way up. The lock in ends up being higher than the regulated rate (This was kept for those who didn't sign up).
We could buy power and gas from a British company that didn't have any gas wells, pipelines, generators, or wires in Canada.
I see. Your philosophy is that we should not have ways of thinking and should not compare them to other ways of thinking. A sound philosophy for a non-thinker. :|
Ya losing relevance. There. Fixed that for you. :P
I think many comments are missing ATT's point.
1. They no longer want to install or maintain copper wire. They cannot compete with cell companies.
2. Put up a cell tower here and there.
3. Profit!!!!
"a Canadian" is a Molson's Candian Lager Beer. I suppose you could own as many as you could afford.
You don't live in Canada you live out west.... Canada is located in southern Ontario.
Didn't you know? Since the economic downturn Canada has had to move to Saskatchewan to find a job. Some of it even overflowed into Alberta. The move started in the 1800's with the building of the CPR.
It appears to be an intelligent question looking for an answer. I would like to know too but it appears you have no intelligent reply.
I'm not sure what you need. Corel Wordperfect Office used to be better at math writing than Word but I never used it for that. It has a 30 day free trial for the latest version. Last version I tried, v.9 about 8 years ago, was full of glitches.
Originally the bigger blocks were called LEGO as well. (About 30 years ago)
Performance..."Not sure what Linux distro you have been using, but mine under KDE will kick Windows ASS."
KPatience and Open Office are examples of non-performance. They take forever to load. At work on a much older computer Office 2003 apps. open in a few seconds.
ME! Me. me.
The obvious reason is that they all have colons in the middle.
A Motorolla V710 is getting close.
Obviously you have the kind of government you want or you don't have democracy.
I would go for whoever can provide the best service for the best price, whether it is company A, company B, or government C. That is a real market in action.
We would have very little in the way of utilities, transportation systems, or communication systems in North America if it weren't for government action. Companies are very eager to take over the profitable sectors once the startup costs are paid and so many people are using it we cannot do without.
Also in Canada.
This only works where there is one thing to choose on the ballot. It would take many hours to tally votes for many positions as I assume is done in the USA. I am custodian in a school that has been used for federal, provincial, and municipal elections. It takes a couple of hours after the polls close to hand count the 'choose one candidate' ballots and finsh the paperwork.
For the municipal election in Edmonton, where we vote for mayor, councillors, public or separate school trustees and any plebicite issues, I feel we have an excellent system. The ballot is paper and your choice is marked by filling a gap in a 1/8 inch wide arrow with a sharpie marker. The ballot is in a privacy sleeve and is immediately fed into a counting machine. The paper ballots are there for verification. After the polls close the machine provides immediate results for the election officials, scrutineers (candidate representatives), and the media - to be compiled at a central location for the official results. The ballots and the voting machine are handled by separate people and transported separately to reduce the likelihood of tampering.
I think it is a simple and elegant solution and it has been used for several elections here.
"Tough love" doesn't help for someone who doesn't remember. When simple day to day tasks need to be written down to be remembered how can one remember complicated steps that aren't obvious.
:o)
:P
Wait till you reach that stage of life.
After about 4 years of trial and error I can now remember how to set my watch. Forbid that I ever change brand or model of watch though. Lets see...
Abreviated version:
Press the "mode" button over and over until numbers start flashing, press the "light" button until you get to the number you want to change, press the "12/24 hr" button to change the number. Make sure the set time is just past the current time. Keep resetting the seconds time to 0 by pressing the "12/24 hr" button to get approximately close to the right time. When it is close enough press the "mode" button and it's all done. Yea!
Compared to: Pull out the knob, turn it, push it in.
I wouldn't wear a digital watch either except I can't remember what the date or day of the week is. Thank God for modern technology. Just note that I am a "technological whiz" where I work.
Just a note:
The current hybrids use the electric motor for more efficient hard acceleration. The little gas motor is used for the long trip.
I think some can be plugged in too.
In Alberta those "large supplies of drinking water" come mainly from the melting glaciers in the Rocky Mountains. The glaciers are disapearing at such a rate that soon our river flows will only be a fraction of that in the past. Oil companies are already being restricted as to source and amount of water they can use to extract oil because they are depriving communities and farms of adequate supply.
"The security and vulnerability lies in the end user."
The end user is the consumer. Consumers only worry about presentation. How the message or product gets there is up to the distributor or conveyor of the product. If the distribution or transportation is broken that's not the consumer's fault. Just make sure he/she gets it and it looks nice.
Isn't that what we are all taught in this consumer society?
Also we are taught that with computers "good enough" is the best you can get. Why complicate it with extra work to make things proper.
Health Care too. It is my understanding that the U.S. spends about the same per capita on public health care as Canada, plus a similar amount is spent on private health care. The difference is that in Canada everyone gets the benefit of the public system.
Sorry I don't remember sources.
A lot of companies that are or have been affected by bad patents should get together and sue the patent office for a ridiculous sum (say 5 billion). Maybe it would get enough attention to effect some change.
Then maybe I'm dreaming.
Get Real.
There are probably always twice as many jobs as sys admins who know what they are doing. If some small companies set up a server and they have a guy who knows how to move files in Windows Explorer they think he is a genius. They give him the job and he has to learn on his own, sometimes the hard way.